Chantal de Jonge Oudraat

Chantal de Jonge Oudraat is the John O. Rankin Professor of Practice of International Affairs and Program Director of the Masters of Arts in International Affairs at the GW Elliott School of International Affairs.

She  is also a Global Fellow at the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Wilson Center. She served as President and CEO of Women in International Security (WIIS) from January 2013 to July 2021 and is a member of its Board of Directors.  

She has held senior positions at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) North America; the US Institute of Peace (USIP); the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University; the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva. She was also for many years an adjunct associate professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

de Jonge Oudraat has published extensively on international security, gender, and WPS issues. Her latest publications include: an edited volume with Michael E. Brown The Gender and Security Agenda: Strategies for the 21st Century (Routledge, 2020); and a co-authored book with Michael E. Brown, Men, Masculinities and Security (forthcoming 2025).

de Jonge Oudraat did her undergraduate studies at the University of Amsterdam and received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Paris II (Panthéon).